Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador

Come By Chance
Town
Come By Chance
Location of Come By Chance in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°51′N 53°59′W / 47.850°N 53.983°W / 47.850; -53.983Coordinates: 47°51′N 53°59′W / 47.850°N 53.983°W / 47.850; -53.983
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Census division 1
Area
 • Land 39.7 km2 (15.3 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 228
 • Density 5.74/km2 (14.9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code(s) 709

Come By Chance is a town on the isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1] It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay.

Located in this town is Newfoundland's only oil refinery, the Come By Chance Refinery operated by North Atlantic Refining Company, which has a capacity of 115,000 barrels per day (18,300 m3/d). The associated port was Canada's fifth largest port by cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded in 2011. It handled 27.4 million metric tonnes, of which 23.7 million tonnes was crude petroleum.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2016 Statistics Canada Census:

  • Population: 228
  • Dwellings: 95
  • Area (km².): 39.7
  • Density (persons per km².): 5.7

Notable people

In 2018, a group of oil refinery workers split a Canadian lottery winning of $60,000,000 CAD.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Come By Chance". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ↑ Shipping in Canada 2011 (Catalogue no. 54-205-X) (PDF). Statistics Canada. November 2012. pp. 27, 58. ISSN 1480-8773.


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